Does the fast group stop or pretty much all ride together? When the time changes, I may ride to you guys from work and ride home after. That would be a fun commute...

I had a great time out there last night. Green blur, I saw you endo on hill down from Slaughter, asked if you were cool - you popped up, so I kept going. Realized that was a dick move. Turned back after about a 1/2 mile, but you were gone when I got back to crash site. Anyway- my remittance to cycling karma. I'll pay at some point. Looks like you made it okay.

Originally Posted by cramsay3

"Fast five of the slow group" is not really helping my already precarious ego. I did out-sprint my 12 year daughter.

Just wait, it will get worse. Start preparing yourself for the dreaded "Come on Dad! You CAN ride it."

Originally Posted by The Tip

Creek crossings name list

Slaughter Creek, flowing from the fence at the Circle C soccer fields in a southeast direction, eventually going under the railroad tracks just east of the Canterbury Loop.
West to East:
CC Fence (that you are not suppose to cross to get into Slaughter Creek Trail next to the Circle C soccer fields)
Escarpment Spillway
Big Original Bypass (not used much)
Big Original (rarely used now because it always has water in it and it is badly eroded)
Double Dip (The side by side whoop de doo. Lots of fun when dry)
East end (not used much anymore but it was part of the original trail through there)
Mopac Sidewalk
Mopac (the rocky creek crossing actually under the bridge)
Boulder (Challenging to ride. You can carry a bike across days before being able to ride across)
Secret (I just made that name up. It's not used much but it's there.)
Gravel
Bowie Sidewalk
Bowie Rocky
Wolftrap West
Wolftrap East (about 200 yards downstream from Wolftrap West)
Coyote Run (the trail that runs from the Bauerle loop towards the Manchaca bridge. Slaughter and Bauerle Creek converge there)
Canterbury (the eastern most portion, right before the railroad)

Slaughter Creek flows through Mary Moore Searight but does not affect the trails for long so no list needed.

Williamson Creek, Flowing from Brush Country Rd. through Sunset Valley
West to East:
Brush Country Bridge (Not really a crossing but it will flood)
Williamson Creek Greenbelt (the crossing half way to Mopac that is a fun drop down and up when dry)
Mopac West (under the bridge)
Mopac East (almost under the bridge)
Indian Grass Preserve
Brodie North (not to be confused with Brodie South)

Kincheon Branch, Flowing from Whirlpool Cave, under Brodie, Under William Cannon (Bum Bridge) into Williamson Creek in Sunset Valley
Whirlpool (both under the bridge or downstream from the cave)
Candy (the trail crosses the creek twice in a short distance)
Brodie South (under the Brodie bridge, right next to EverWet)
Bum Bridge
Ewok

There is another crossing on the Kincheon Branch just before it joins Williamson Creek, but that is next to the Gates of Mordor and off limits to bikes now.

There are other trails that are affected by rain of course, as some of them are in creek beds, but this is a list of just crossings. Hopefully we all can now give more accurate trail condition reports.

Great list. Thanks.


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Is C&D on tomorrow? The weather looks good for ride time.


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Originally Posted by cwilkATX

Is C&D on tomorrow? The weather looks good for ride time.


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The weather looks "good?" Don't you mean "perfect!"

Crank and Drank every Tuesday 6pm behind ATX Bikes, weather permitting. And tonight the weather is not only permitting a ride, it's begging you to come take advantage of it. Maybe a post-ride dranking jacket might be needed.

Yesterday I saw a new feature installed right behind ATX. Pre-ride show off possibilities?

Originally Posted by The Tip

The weather looks "good?" Don't you mean "perfect!"

Crank and Drank every Tuesday 6pm behind ATX Bikes, weather permitting. And tonight the weather is not only permitting a ride, it's begging you to come take advantage of it. Maybe a post-ride dranking jacket might be needed.

Yesterday I saw a new feature installed right behind ATX. Pre-ride show off possibilities?

Did someone transplant the "you tube" ramp?


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What a great Crank and Drank!

We had three new guys. It was entertaining making fun of them, watching them crash, and then leaving them out there in the dark. Hilarious!





I keed! I keed!


Actually they all said they had a great time and would be back. Imagine that?

Ya'll have a great ride going! Thanks for being such good hosts.

It was great and even when the gap widened in front of me there were a couple riders still directing until we caught up with everyone else... who were waiting. Ha, Go fig. Hope to see you all next week.


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FYI, I tried to find a route from Bauerle to 35 via Mary Moore. Unfortunately I found more purple paint on the east side of the tracks at the north trestle. It looks identical to what is posted by the velloway.


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Just turn back west and go under the trestle there at the purple paint. When you get to Discount Tires, you can either go up and over the Slaughter bridge, or under it. Either way you need to end up on Bilbrook.

Did you find your way to I-35?

Originally Posted by The Tip

Just turn back west and go under the trestle there at the purple paint. When you get to Discount Tires, you can either go up and over the Slaughter bridge, or under it. Either way you need to end up on Bilbrook.

Did you find your way to I-35?

I did just that and I did find my way to 35.

The new trails in Mary Moore extend under 1st (south side of onion creek) and exit behind the movie theater at south park meadows.

My intention was to connect some trails and road sections to McKinney Falls. I stopped when I got to 35 because there's a huge homeless camp under the bridge and I didn't feel safe continuing on my own. I've mapped it and it looks doable though.


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Originally Posted by cwilkATX

I did just that and I did find my way to 35.

The new trails in Mary Moore extend under 1st (south side of onion creek) and exit behind the movie theater at south park meadows.

My intention was to connect some trails and road sections to McKinney Falls. I stopped when I got to 35 because there's a huge homeless camp under the bridge and I didn't feel safe continuing on my own. I've mapped it and it looks doable though.


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I made it past those homeless guys - it was sketchy though. Probably wasn't really worth it. I have a map I'll pm ya.

I was riding from Will Hampton library towards Dick Nichols. I went over that little hump, and to my left, looking towards Mopac, was new trail. Mowed low, maybe even by a weedeater, down to dirt. So I jumped over on to it, thinking, "hey cool, this might go into the woods" but it didn't. It just turned in a circle and headed back towards this library. It was just a small oval shaped thing. About a 1/4 mile total.

Fascinating. Does anyone have a clue who or why it was done? I certainly don't.

Originally Posted by The Tip

I was riding from Will Hampton library towards Dick Nichols. I went over that little hump, and to my left, looking towards Mopac, was new trail. Mowed low, maybe even by a weedeater, down to dirt. So I jumped over on to it, thinking, "hey cool, this might go into the woods" but it didn't. It just turned in a circle and headed back towards this library. It was just a small oval shaped thing. About a 1/4 mile total.

Fascinating. Does anyone have a clue who or why it was done? I certainly don't.

lol

Yes, something like that.

So apparently someone created a new Strava segment. It's named Twist N Turn. But it's exactly like the preexisting segment named Slalom.

Why do people do that?

The only reason I can think of is that people sometimes have their resting or stopping points and they stop inside the old segment and want to see how they compared to others since they don't ride the runout.

I looked at that segment and its quite possible they don't pedal beyond that mound and are too lazy to go back.

It must be more of Lance A.'s Shenanigans.


Edit: Or its just because of the reasons above and bad GPS data. E.g. I have a result for slalom, but I don't have any results for twist and turns. Maybe their device doesn't track to Slalom.

Originally Posted by The Tip

So apparently someone created a new Strava segment. It's named Twist N Turn. But it's exactly like the preexisting segment named Slalom.

Why do people do that?

KOM for a day.